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Thailand votes after three leaders in two years
AFP, Published on 08/02/2026
» BANGKOK - Thais vote Sunday in an election pitting the popular reformists who won last time against the conservative who ended up as prime minister, with ex-leader Thaksin Shinawatra looming large from his prison cell.
'A kind of freedom': Amsterdam celebrates 750 years
AFP, Published on 28/10/2025
» AMSTERDAM — World-famous city of canals, bikes and tolerance, Amsterdam celebrated 750 years since its founding Monday, but the Dutch capital is now grappling with the very modern problems of overtourism and a housing shortage.
Man from Bangkok arrested in Hong Kong airport in B7m drug bust
Published on 14/10/2025
» Hong Kong customs officers have arrested a man at the airport on suspicion of carrying about HK$1.7 million (7 million baht) worth of cannabis buds in his luggage.
Germany curbs online cannabis sales
Reuters, Published on 08/10/2025
» BERLIN - Germany’s cabinet has approved a plan to restrict the online sale of cannabis to tackle a surge in imports since recreational use was legalised last year, the government said on Wednesday.
'Ridiculous': How Washington residents view the new troops in town
AFP, Published on 15/08/2025
» WASHINGTON — Outside the busiest train station in Washington, newly deployed National Guard troops wearing camouflage lean on a huge military Humvee.
Global cocaine market hits record high, says UN
AFP, Published on 26/06/2025
» VIENNA - Cocaine production, seizures and use all hit record highs in 2023, the United Nations (UN) drug agency said on Thursday, with the illicit drug's market the world's fastest-growing.
New Zealand approves medicinal use of 'magic mushrooms'
AFP, Published on 18/06/2025
» WELLINGTON - New Zealand on Wednesday approved the medicinal use of psilocybin, a hallucinogenic compound notably found in so-called "magic mushrooms".
'Unprecedented' Europe raids net 200 arrests, drugs haul
AFP, Published on 15/04/2025
» ISTANBUL - Police in Europe staged "unprecedented" raids against four organised crime groups on Tuesday, arresting more than 200 people across five countries, primarily in Turkey, in a "massive blow" against drug-trafficking networks.
Russia, US swap prisoners in push for closer ties
AFP, Published on 11/04/2025
» WASHINGTON — A Los Angeles-based ballet dancer released by Russia as part of a prisoner swap landed safely in the United States Thursday night, the second swap under President Donald Trump as Moscow and Washington push to rebuild ties.
Nepal community efforts revive red panda population
AFP, Published on 14/03/2025
» TāPLEJUNG — Nepali police officer Jiwan Subba still feels pangs of regret decades after he bludgeoned a strange creature he found wandering in his barn, not realising it was an endangered red panda.